Amazon Echo Look App is Now Available!

May 23, 20177:00 am

The new app for the Amazon Echo Look is here, and you can download it from the Play Store.Echo Look on the App Store.
The app was designed in order to help you get your fashion advice while on the go. Not only can the app help you setup your Amazon Echo Look, but it can also show you pictures of the outfits you previously wore. It also gives you a live preview picture of whatever you want to photograph before you actually take it.

there is a benefit here for visually impaired people as it will help those who have colour blindness or other vision problems. The Echo Look app uses machine-learning technologies built-in to the app to be your eyes if you cannot see.

From the Developer:

Everything you love about Alexa, plus now she helps you look your best.

The free Echo Look app is a companion to your Echo Look device.

HOW IT WORKS.
With the Echo Look device (sold separately), use just your voice to easily take full-length photos and short videos with a hands-free camera that includes built-in LED lighting, depth-sensing camera, and computer vision-based background blur. Now you can see yourself from every angle, build a personal lookbook, and share your photos.

Get a second opinion on which outfit looks best with Style Check, a new service that combines machine learning algorithms with advice from fashion specialists.
Ask Alexa to read the news and audiobooks, set alarms, get traffic and weather updates, control smart home devices, play music, and more.
Alexa is always getting smarter and adding new features, plus thousands of skills like Starbucks, Fitbit, NPR, and more.

EASY SET UP & CONNECT TO WI-FI
Download the Echo Look app and follow the set-up prompts in the app to connect Echo Look to your Wi-Fi.
Photos and videos taken with Echo Look are automatically stored in the cloud for access from the Echo Look app.

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